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G .HELTON- n-nrnmr, 0F GREENSBURG, INDIANA. LaenPamm. ewan-dated February 26,1867.' i

IMPROVEMENT INv HAND-SPINNING MACHINE.

:ro WHOM 1T nu eone'nnne Be it knownv that I, C'lxEL'roN MATHENY, of G-reenshnrg, Decatur county, Indiana, beve invented a new .and useful Improvement in Hand-Spinning Machines; end I do hereby declare the-following to be a. full, clear, and exact description 'th'ereof, reference. being had to the accompanying drawing, making e purtef this speciication. Y A

The first part of, my invention relates te a. more-cmivenicnt relative position of the spindle' carriage track andthe drivewlleel. The second/parrot' my invention relotestoan nrrnngement offmeehanism which enables a wool-spinning machine tobe converted to a. Han-spinningmachine, and v ee versa.'

A is n-bench upheld on legs B. A standard, C, upon the bench, affords journal hearing for the shaft D of the drive-v'rheel E.l The rear end of the shaft D has n crank, F, to enable the edeptntion of the implement to the purposes of linx spinning in manner presently explained. t The drive-wheel E hestwo slightly diierential scores e e for use in nx spinning.' From lone ofthe scores e, n belt, G, is crossed around en idler H and carried to the whirl I, from n seore, in whose upper part passes c. belt, JQ Whichheing'extended around sheaves K K on the respective extremities Iof the spindle carriagetrnck, engages around a. drum, L, on the spindle cerriuge,ifrom 'u score, l, on which a. bend, 11,'pnsses to a pulley. N, on thc'spindle 0. Instead of forining part of and being in-n line with the hench.A,'my spindle carriage P is medemljustabiehorizontally about thestudlshaftQ of the vwhirl I, an n centre, nn'd .having allotted bracket, S, through whiclris passed ebelt provided with n set-nut, T, to L secure the `track nhcn moved out or in to any desired angle with the'plnneof the drive-wheel E, as muy be most convenient to the operator, and so as 'to bring the path of the spindle point in n. line or nearly so ivitltthe left h'nnd of the operator. A leg, VU, hinged to tho outer end of the track, serves te support the smile when in use. The

ndvnuteges of this arrangement will'bozrcadilyfepprecited by-nny persen familier with hund spinning. By

. ennblin'g the roll to be held to the left ofinstead of in front of the body of the operator, from oneto two feet renter range of dnnr-ing's 'ndniissible'vwith less fatigue to -thc operator. and with less liability to become entangled with the rollsyet remuining'upon her lap. v 'The stnndnrd V,- which supports the idler H, is sui-mounted by bearing W for n customary flax-spindle, X', whose n'brlsz z', pertaining to the hobbinnnd ily respectively," nre, when the "machine isused for der, belted each one toits appropriate score on 'the driving-wheel E. The v entire track and its nppurtenancesnrc nlso'then removed, and the treadle Y, which for wool spinning ilr employed tc run out the: spindle carriage, being now disconnected therefrmn, is connected by the pitmnn Z tu the crank 'F of the driveslmft. Y

I claim ns new, and o f my my invention- 4 i y i The spindle carriage track arranged obliquelyto the pinne of-tlic drive-wheel, ns and for the purposes set forth.

2. In combination with the clementsoftlie eluus'e immediatelyfpreceding, I claimymaking snid truckedjii'lt able about evertical exis, und s'ccurable at any desired obliquity as set forth. i i v 3.-'.l'lie combination I .nd urrangement o f the frame A B, wheel' E e cr;mk F, trcndle Y, pitmen ZLand spindle X, to adept the machine for spinning dsx, as expldine In testimony of which invention `I hereunto set my hond.

"eHELfroN MATHENY.

` Witnesses:

4 "Gm H. Kmenr,

Jans H. LA nuK. 

